{"id":5473,"date":"2019-11-13T09:02:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T14:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2024-02-12T08:35:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:35:41","slug":"alternate-route-to-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/alternate-route-to-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternate Route to Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Do you have a Bachelor\u2019s degree? Have you always wanted to become a teacher?<\/em><\/strong>  If you are considering a career in education or would like to change your current career to teaching, St. Petersburg College has the perfect program for you!   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ronda Carney- Graduate, Educator Preparation Institute\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lWZheU6ucyk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>St. Petersburg College\u2019s (SPC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/future-students\/degrees-training\/education\/paths-to-teacher-certification\/educator-preparation-institute-certificate\">Educator Preparation Institute<\/a> (EPI) is a three-semester program which leads to Florida\u2019s Professional Educator\u2019s Certificate. Anyone with a Bachelor\u2019s Degree or higher is eligible for entry to the EPI Program, whichleads to certification in many educational areas, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Elementary Education<\/li><li>Exceptional Student Education<\/li><li>Art<\/li><li>Music<\/li><li>Business<\/li><li>Math<\/li><li>Science<\/li><li>Social Studies<\/li><li>English<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our EPI Program is Financial Aid eligible, so this is an attractive program for everyone!<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SPC\u2019s next EPI start group is Summer\/May 2020. Our EPI is an evening program with daytime teaching requirements during the second and third terms. All EPI courses are \u201cblended\u201d, meaning the course content will be delivered both on campus and online. Although coursework involves online components, the EPI is not an online program. On-campus class times may require one or two nights a week (Monday-Thursday). 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